United Airlines Posts

This summer United Airlines will launch their Premium Service (United Airlines PS) 757-200 on 1 daily flight between Los Angeles (LAX) and Boston (BOS). The United Airlines PS 757 service will begin July 2, 2015 and is currently loaded in the system until August 17, 2015. Currently, on August 18, ...

In law school they teach you to argue both sides -- allowing you to better understand the issue presented and the strengths and weaknesses of your own argument. Earlier this week I put forward my best legal argument for why United must honor the mistake fares it sells consumers. Today, I will ...

While Delta Air Lines and American Airlines already serve "real" meals onboard their regional jets, United has been a holdout, offering only junk food snack boxes. That changes on 01 March 2015 when United will begin to serve hearty meals onboard its regional jets, finally eliminating the profound ...

The U.S. DOT has issued its verdict on United Airlines' unilateral decision to cancel thousands of cheap first class tickets, ruling that it will not take action against United for failing to honor the fare. Although this ruling comes as no surprise, the DOT's twisted legal analysis merits ...

When United devalued MileagePlus last year, it introduced a bifurcated award chart that charged a premium for first and business class flights on partner metal as opposed to on United's own planes. An example -- business class to Europe was 57.5K miles one-way if you fly United across the water or ...

United Airlines operates a limited number of Fifth Freedom Routes around the world, including:
Manila to Koror
Koror to Yap
Kwajalein to Kosrae
Kuwait to Bahrain
Tokyo to Seoul
Tokyo to Singapore
Hong Kong to Singapore
Hong Kong to Ho Chi Minh City
On my way to the A350 inaugural ...

The DOT has taken the unusual step of issuing a press release noting that it is examining the "United Airlines mistaken fare" and will determine whether or not United must honor the fares purchased. My gut tell me this game is already over and that consumers have lost.

Now that I have caught your attention, let me tell you about a recent flight from Frankfurt to Chicago on United Airlines.
I was seated in the first row of business class upstairs on a 747-400 (nearest the lavs and flight deck) and the cabin was full. As we neared the end of boarding ...

I generally silence my iPhone at night and woke up this morning to a flood of tweets, text messages, e-mails and Flyertalk PMs about a "DKK" fare sale from United Airlines. My first thought was "where the heck is DKK?", but it turns out that signified a currency rather than airport code ...

Gary shares an e-mail making its way around the web from a disgruntled United FA about the new uniforms introduced by her company in 2013. She's clearly not a fan...
Who know if it is genuine, but it is entertaining and I have been flying United long enough to believe this is no ...

I first started flying United Airlines “religiously” in 2004 – and haven’t looked back since. There have been ups and downs in the relationship, to be sure, but after a decade of flying United remains my airline of choice even as I recently dropped from Premier 1K to ...

American Airlines is not the only airline with special edition amenity kits -- in a reprisal of last year's popular promotion United Airlines is again offering special edition amenity kits from key cities on its route map. Instead of hubs this year, United's tin amenity kits will have a more ...

Many will be dropping in status tomorrow on United Airlines -- myself included -- but it is not too late to take advantage of at least three important perks, two of which will be going away even if you maintained your status for 2015.
1. Global Entry Reimbursement
United Airlines has ...

With cuts coming left and right in the world of airline loyalty programs, I must admit I no longer wince in pain when a new devaluation announced. The question of devaluation is not if, but when and how much. United has finally published its 2015 partner earnings charts, set to take effect on 01 ...

A flyer on United noticed that his flight from San Francisco to Seoul was not exactly traveling in a logical direction, so he did what any savvy traveler would do in the age of onboard wi-fi: he tweeted United--

As a 1K MillionMiler flyer on United, I’ve had my fair share of meals on UA over the last decade. Some have been good, some have been bad, but most are simply acceptable.
Last week I flew on United Airlines from Washington Dulles to Bahrain via Kuwait City on my way to the Qatar A350 ...

United Airlines promised a vastly improved onboard meal experience last August, pledging to gradually roll out several improvements over the course of the next year. Almost immediately we saw a slight improvement in domestic lunch service and the re-introduction of meals on some shorter ...

As Dallas Love Field ramped up to its post-Wright Amendment capacity heights on Tuesday with Southwest's launch of nonstop flights to Oakland and San Francisco, one of the lesser-known sideshows that sprung out of the Wright repeal continues unresolved. That sideshow involves Delta Air Lines, ...

As a thanks for reading and commenting on my blog, I'd like to offer some items to giveaway. I'm an admitted junkie for airline amenity kits, I tend to build up way too many of these, so out of necessity, I have done giveaways like this before. Lets call it some "pre-Spring Cleaning". ...

2014 was a year where the only constant was change, thankfully for me, most of them have been positive. Most importantly, I became a father in August. I'm the proud father of a beautiful healthy daughter. It is amazing how it changes your life. Of course this blog is about my ...